What’s next?

April 8th, 2010

So they passed the Digital Economy Bill during “Wash Up” – by the way, has there ever been a more ridiculous yet apt name for a political process? – riding roughshod over democracy and ignoring the flaws in the bill that were repeatedly pointed out to them (I won’t repeat them here, but instead point you towards Steve Lawson’s excellent round up).

So where do we go from here?

We keep on fighting. This is being called the first “social media election”, so let’s turn our gaze to the election process and our future elected representatives.

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